Aitrus wrote:Arries,
Yes, I know that context is everything, and yes she said those words. She was stating that the bill needs to be passed so that the American people could see what was good about the bill "away fog of controversy". But what she failed to realize is that there was no "fog of controversy". In other words, she was in effect saying "This bill is a good thing. You'll see once we pass it, so let's pass it already!" Democrats said that the bill was good and pointed out the good parts. Critics said that it was bad and pointed out the bad parts. There's no fog of controversy there. Turns out the critics were right.
Aitrus,
Let me get this right. I tell you, that your quote by itself is taking her out of context. Then you feel the need to tell me I know it's taking her out of context, and here's how. You are basically saying what I told you, right back at me. This must be a very annoying habit you have in conversations, has anyone ever told you that?
Aitrus wrote: Turns out the critics were right.
Because the critics were in power to make it turn out to be right. ACA needs changes and fixes. That was admitted so much by Nancy Pelosi in the speech. We need to see what works and then fix what doesn't. Republicans have been in power in Congress and instead of fixing parts, they didn't.
Aitrus wrote:it's collapsing under it's own weight.
Case in point, the Department of Homeland security was created November 25, 2002 with the Homeland Security Act of 2002. Since it was created it has been amended and changed 150 times in 15 years. That is ten changes a year on average. Because otherwise, it would have collapsed under its own weight. It was changed so many times, what's wrong? Can't Republicans get a law perfect the first time?
No major piece of legislation ever goes unchanged. Republicans blocked and prevented any such change to happen. All legislation if passed as is and not allowed to be changed to fix what is wrong will fail. Your argument is false because that is the story of every major law. False argument.